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#338517 - 24/10/2010 03:39 Richard
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Is totally ruining my weekend. Garrrr.

I'm headed for higher ground in the AM. Hopefully our buildings will be intact when I get back.

Our place is a bit vulnerable.

Just had to whine about it to someone and my wife doesn't want to hear it smile
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#338518 - 24/10/2010 03:50 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
msaeger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Good luck ! Hope your water heater doesn't get wreaked smile
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#338519 - 24/10/2010 03:53 Re: Richard [Re: msaeger]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Yeah, me too...I haven't even taken pictures yet smile

The nice thing about building it half out of garbage is that there will be plenty after the storm to re-create it (even better!)
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#338531 - 24/10/2010 15:53 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
Phoenix42
veteran

Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
Hopefully Ellis sleeps through it all.

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#338545 - 25/10/2010 01:46 Re: Richard [Re: Phoenix42]
drakino
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
I'm seeing Richard right over Belize now, hopefully all is ok with John. Until this past summer, I never fully appreciated the power of these storms. I then got to witness first hand what a tropical storm could do when Hermine passed over.

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#338551 - 25/10/2010 05:57 Re: Richard [Re: drakino]
peter
carpal tunnel

Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
Landfall as Category 1, 20 miles south of Belize City, says NHC. It couldn't be a more direct hit frown

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#338611 - 25/10/2010 21:37 Re: Richard [Re: peter]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Direct hit is right. Our village took a lot of damage, but no loss of life.

I was up in San Ignacio for the storm. I arrived back in Belize City this morning to find that there was over four feet of water in our apartment. It's now drained out to just two inches of mud and almost everything we had there destroyed. My wife just cried.

I haven't been back to our property yet, but I'm expecting a lot of damage.

Ellis slept good. She's the only one. Even in San Ignacio we had pretty hard winds.

EDIT: video coming when I get too tired to clean anymore.
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#338658 - 26/10/2010 14:45 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
TigerJimmy
old hand

Registered: 15/02/2002
Posts: 1049
So sorry to hear about the damage, but at least everyone is safe. That's all that matters in the big picture!

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#338663 - 26/10/2010 16:48 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31596
Loc: Seattle, WA
Jon, I'm so sorry to hear about this. I hope you didn't lose anything that was irreplaceable.
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#338664 - 26/10/2010 17:14 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
Robotic
pooh-bah

Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
Good luck with the clean-up. Glad to hear you're all ok.
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#338665 - 26/10/2010 18:03 Re: Richard [Re: Robotic]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
I'm fairly certain after two days in it that storm sludge is 50% poop. Still cleaning...

Video doesn't want to upload over 256k DSL. bleh.

Only things we lost that weren't replaceable is that we left one of our "important papers" folders behind by accident. We lost all of our original birth certificates. We can get replacements, but they won't be the same. We've got all our passports and visas, so we should be ok until we can get replacements.

Of course my wife was going to have to get a new one anyway.
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#338673 - 26/10/2010 21:13 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
msaeger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Quote:
I'm fairly certain after two days in it that storm sludge is 50% poop.


Yummy so is the other 50% something worse smile It's good you didn't lose much.

It's really windy here up north today must be from this storm I would guess ?
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#338714 - 27/10/2010 17:27 Re: Richard [Re: msaeger]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Originally Posted By: msaeger
It's good you didn't lose much.


Unless you count most of our appliances, furniture and mattresses. frown

When you have about $150 of disposable income a month, that can take quite a while to replace. Fortunately, some friends have chipped in to help out with mattresses and a refrigerator and such so that we can actually live there again.

It's been a bit rough. If I didn't have a one week old and a 21 month old it would have been a lot easier. Thankfully, our landlady and her family have been extremely nice and allowed us to live with them, baby and all.
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#338718 - 27/10/2010 18:48 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
JeffS
carpal tunnel

Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
frown I am sorry to hear about your losses. I'm glad your family is safe, but sounds like things are going to be really tough for a bit.
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#338736 - 28/10/2010 01:17 Re: Richard [Re: JeffS]
Robotic
pooh-bah

Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
I hope everyone *stays* safe!
Apparently there is a jaguar on the loose!
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#338766 - 29/10/2010 12:03 Re: Richard [Re: Robotic]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
They caught it and euthanized it yesterday. Sad accident for everyone involved.
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#338800 - 30/10/2010 02:08 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
Why do I get the feeling that Richard was just a left jab and that Tomas is the knock-out punch? Maybe I should return the new stuff and buy it again in a week or so smile
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#338941 - 02/11/2010 01:18 Re: Richard [Re: JBjorgen]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
The long overdue video of our apartment.

Also, some cell phone pictures of our grounds at the Mission Base:





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p_00092.jpg (231 downloads)
p_00098.jpg (229 downloads)

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